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(No Model.)

E. G. PHILLIPS. TABLE LEAP SUPPORT.

No. 484,723. Patented 0013. 18, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEa EDWIN G. PHILLIPS, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTHCAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO SAMUEL WEISKOPF, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,723, dated October18, 1892.

Application filed January 23, 1892. Renewed September 27, 1892. SerialNo. 447,063. (No model.)

T all 1071/077@ it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN G. PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Charleston, in the county of Charleston and State of SouthCarolina, have invented a new and useful Table-Leaf Support, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to tables, and more especially to theleaf-supports therefor; and

to the object of the same is to eect certain irnprovements in devices ofthis character.

To this end the invention consists in the specific constructionhereinafter more fully decribed and claimed, and as illustrated on theaccompanying sheet of'drawings, where- Figurel is a perspective view ofthis attachment complete with the Wing raised. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionof a table, showing the atzo tachment applied thereto and supporting theleaf thereof,and showing in dotted lines how the wing is raised and theleaf is lowered.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter T designates a table-top. Sis the side bar therez5 of, and L the leaf. The latter is adapted to besupported and locked in supported position by my improved attachment. inFig. l.) This attachment is of cast-iron or other suitable material andof any preferred 3o size and proportion of parts suitably ornamented,and its construction is as follows:

l is an L-shaped casting, whose foot is at its upper end and ispreferably braced by a smali brace 2, and Whose body has an out- 3 5Wardly-projecting perforated ear 3.

4. is an arm connected by a hinge 5 with the foot of the casting 1 andhaving a wing 6 hinged to its outer end. From this arm near its outerend depends a T-shaped projeetion 7, the head S of the T standingtransverse to the length of the arm et.

9 is a longitudiually-slotted brace, which is pivoted, as at 10, to theperforated ear, the slotted body sliding astride the projection 7 abovethe head 8,and said slot is closed at its outer end by a lip 10% In thelower edge 0f this brace adjacent said lip is a transverse notch 11, ofa size to tit over the head S, as seen in full lines in Fig. 2, and atthis time 5o the wing 6 hangs down over the lip l0 and prevents theouter end of the brace from ris- (Best seen.

ing, so as to disengage its notch ll from the head 8.

rlhe casting l is secured to the side bar of the table beneath its topand the leaf is secured to the arm 4, the hinge 5 of this attachmenttaking the place of thehinges that usually connect the leaf direct tothe top.

Then it is desired to lower the leaf from the position shown in fulllines in Fig. 2, the Wing 6 is first raised, as shown in dottedlines,after which the lip is lifted so that the notch 11 will disengage thehead S of the projection 7, and then the entire leaf, arm, and bracewill descend to the position shown in dot-ted lines. To raise the leaf,it is caught by its free edge and lifted around the hinge 5, the loweredge of the brace sliding upon the head 8 until the notch thereinengages it, and at this time the lip Will descend just enough to allowthe wing to swing by gravity in above it, as Seen in Fig. 2.

. This device is very simple in construction and easy of operation, andyet it locks the brace against disengagement from the projection, but insuch manner that the tableleaf does not have to be further raised tobreak this engagement, a simple lifting ofthe Wing being all that isnecessary. rlhe Wing cannot be thus lifted by the accidental strikingagainstit of the knee of a person who may be sitting at the table.

lVhat is claimed as new is- A table-leaf support consisting of an L-shaped casting, an arm hinged at its inner end thereto and having nearits ou'ter end a downward projection with a transverse head, a bracepivot-ally connected to said casting and having a slotted body slidingastride said projection with a transverse notch in its lower edge nearits outer end engaging said head, a lip at the outer end of the brace,and a wing hinged to the outer end of the arm and swinging above saidlip when the notch engages the head.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWVIN G. PHILLIPS.

Vitnesses:

PAUL J. WALLACE, E. W. SMITH.

